# bailar
## Aragonese
### Etymology

From Late Latin ballare.

### Verb

bailar
* to dance

### References

* Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002) “bailar”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

## Asturian
### Verb

bailar (first-person singular indicative present bailo, past participle bailáu)
* Alternative form of baillar

#### Conjugation
## Galician
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese baylar (13th century), probably from Old Occitan balar, from Late Latin ballāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bajˈlaɾ/ [ba̠jˈlaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ

### Verb

bailar (first-person singular present bailo, first-person singular preterite bailei, past participle bailado)
* to dance
** 1594, anonymous author, Entremés do pastores:anday qu'eu farey justicia calay e baylay si souberdeslets go, I'll do justice, shut up and dance if you know how
* to turn around

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “baylar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “bayl”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “bailar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* “bailar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “bailar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* “bailar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “bailar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /bajˈla(ʁ)/ [baɪ̯ˈla(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /bajˈla(ʁ)/ [baɪ̯ˈla(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /bajˈla(ɾ)/ [baɪ̯ˈla(ɾ)]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /bajˈla(ʁ)/ [baɪ̯ˈla(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /bajˈla(ɻ)/ [baɪ̯ˈla(ɻ)]
* (Portugal) IPA: /bajˈlaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /bajˈlaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /bajˈla.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: bai‧lar

### Verb

bailar (first-person singular present bailo, first-person singular preterite bailei, past participle bailado)
* to dance
    Synonym: dançar

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

#### Derived terms

* bailável

### Further reading

* “bailar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
* “bailar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “bailar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Alternative forms

* baylar (obsolete)

### Etymology

Borrowed from Old Occitan balar, from Late Latin ballāre, borrowed from, or related to, Ancient Greek βάλλω (bállō, “to throw”). Compare French baller, Italian ballare.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /baiˈlaɾ/ [bai̯ˈlaɾ]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: bai‧lar

### Verb

bailar (first-person singular present bailo, first-person singular preterite bailé, past participle bailado)
* (intransitive, transitive) to dance
    Synonym: danzar
    No sé bailar. ― I can't dance.
* (soccer) to dribble (the ball)

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Derived terms

* bailable
* bailador, bailadora
* bailante
* bailar al son que le tocan
* bailar con la más fea
* bailar en un tusero
* bailarín
* baile
* bailón, bailona
* otro que tal baila

#### Descendants

* → Finnish: bailata
* → Tausug: bayla

### Further reading

* “bailar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10